Mastodawn

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you're yelling at a person on Fedi for not using #AltText, stop. Please.

Should you use alt-text? Yes!

Should you boost posts without alt-text? No!

Should you yell at companies and bots who don't use alt-text? Fuck yeah!

Should you try your best to make Fedi a more accessible, and safe place for everyone—including those who have trouble writing alt-text? Of course.

Should you mention @altbot or #Alt4Me *occasionally* so folx know they're both wonderful tools that can help make Fedi a more inclusive place? It would be impolite not to.

But—and let me make this clear—don't be a dick to folx who forget alt-text, or who have trouble writing it for whatever reason; it's not very punk of you.

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ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES 6h ago

@alice @altbot

thank you

there are voices on the fediverse that speak with rank entitlement

they believe they can approach someone, treat them poorly, and get something out of them

you act nicely, you act kind, you say thank you

and you may change their behavior

you also may not

but if you treat someone poorly, you definitely won't change their behavior

some of you out there:

think about where this massive sense of entitlement you have comes from

and fix it

please and thank you

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Alexa Devreux-Swift 5h ago

@benroyce

I have only ever done this once, and even then I didn't yell. A Tooter asked for their toot to be boosted, however the image didn't have alt text and my reply was that I would love to boost the toot, however, without alt text I couldn't and then explained about screen readers etc.

The Tooter put alt text on and I boosted!

All the others who just post without alt text? Likes and replies only.

@alexadeswift
I occasionally come across posts without any text that I would love to boost, and so I take this approach. Because it's true that I would love to boost it but I won't if there's no alt text.

I'm often not the only one. And sometimes there will be a commenter that maybe even made an attempt to supply the original poster with alt text. It's generally been quite effective (except in maybe two cases I'm aware of)

I'm only mean or degrading to people when they've explicitly asked for it (usually in a kink context).
@benroyce @alice @altbot

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@h3mmy @alexadeswift @alice @altbot

i did not see the alt text scenario derived consensual roleplay coming, but i'm howling that it did

"and what is that? a picture of a snail? you know what the snail is doing, the dirty thing, dirty like you. beg to write it out. be specific! do you want to please me? show me your submission... no not like that i mean hit submit on the comment with the alt text"